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1 Kings 12:1

Then Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had gone there to make him king.

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ASV

And Rehoboam went to Shechem: for all Israel were come to Shechem to make him king.

KJV

And Rehoboam went to Shechem: for all Israel were come to Shechem to make him king.

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַיֵּ֥לֶךְvai.Ye.lekhand he wentH1980 →
רְחַבְעָ֖םre.chav.'AmRehoboamH7346 →
שְׁכֶ֑םshe.KhemShechemH7927 →
כִּ֥יkiforH3588 →
שְׁכֶ֛םshe.KhemShechemH7927 →
בָּ֥אba'it had goneH935 →
כָל־khol-allH3605 →
יִשְׂרָאֵ֖לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478 →
לְהַמְלִ֥יךְle.ham.Likhto make kingH4427 →
אֹתֽוֹ׃'o.To<obj.> himH853 →

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Jeremiah 41:5eighty men who had shaved off their beards, torn their garments, and cut themselves came from Shechem, Shiloh, and Samaria, carrying grain offerings and frankincense for the house of the LORD.Judges 9:6Then all the leaders of Shechem and Beth-millo gathered beside the oak at the pillar in Shechem and proceeded to make Abimelech their king.2 Chronicles 10:1–19Then Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had gone there to make him king.Joshua 20:7So they set apart Kedesh in Galilee in the hill country of Naphtali, Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim, and Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron) in the hill country of Judah.Psalms 60:6God has spoken from His sanctuary: “I will triumph! I will parcel out Shechem and apportion the Valley of Succoth.1 Kings 11:43And Solomon rested with his fathers and was buried in the city of his father David. And his son Rehoboam reigned in his place.Genesis 12:6Abram traveled through the land as far as the site of the Oak of Moreh at Shechem. And at that time the Canaanites were in the land.Genesis 33:18–19After Jacob had come from Paddan-aram, he arrived safely at the city of Shechem in the land of Canaan, and he camped just outside the city.Joshua 24:1Then Joshua assembled all the tribes of Israel at Shechem. He summoned the elders, leaders, judges, and officers of Israel, and they presented themselves before God.Joshua 24:32And the bones of Joseph, which the Israelites had brought up out of Egypt, were buried at Shechem in the plot of land that Jacob had purchased from the sons of Hamor, Shechem’s father, for a hundred pieces of silver. So it became an inheritance for Joseph’s descendants.Judges 9:1Now Abimelech son of Jerubbaal went to his mother’s brothers at Shechem and said to them and to all the clan of his mother,2 Kings 21:24But the people of the land killed all those who had conspired against King Amon, and they made his son Josiah king in his place.Joshua 17:7Now the border of Manasseh went from Asher to Michmethath near Shechem, then southward to include the inhabitants of En-tappuah.Joshua 21:21From the tribe of Ephraim they were given Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim (a city of refuge for the manslayer), Gezer,1 Kings 12:25Then Jeroboam built Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim and lived there. And from there he went out and built Penuel.Acts 7:16Their bones were carried back to Shechem and placed in the tomb that Abraham had bought from the sons of Hamor at Shechem for a price he paid in silver.

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